 | David Hughson - 1805 - 598 pages
...but is now only used for offices, &c. Opposite this avenue, before the Exchange, is a very handsome pump, with the following inscription : " On this spot...been very irregular, in consequence of the tyrannic reign of Henry III. it was necessary that means should be used to recover some degree of subordination... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 862 pages
...spot more immediately referred to, now stands " a handsome pump," with the following inscripion : " On this spot a well was first made and a house of...by Henry Wallis, mayor of London in the year 1282." In those uncivilized times, it seems the conduct of the lower order of citizens, having been very irregnlar,... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - 862 pages
...spot more immediately referred to, now stands " a handsome pump," with the following inscripion : " On this spot a well was first made and a house of...thereon, by Henry Wallis, mayor of London in the year !•->•-'." In those uncivilized times, it seems the conduct of the lower order of citizens, having... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 852 pages
...spot more immediately referred! to, ROW stands " a handsome pump," with the following irtscripion : " On this spot a well was first made and a house of correction built thereon, by Heury Wallis, mayor of London in the year 1282." In those uncivilized times, it seems the conduct of... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 860 pages
...spot more immediately referred to, now stands " a handsome pump," with the following inscripion : " On this spot a well was first made and a house of correction built thereon, by Heury Wallis, mayor of London in the year 128:2." In those uncivilized times, it seems the conduct... | |
 | Henry Thomas - 1830 - 532 pages
...chambers and offices. Opposite the avenue is (in front of the Exchange) a very handsome pump with this inscription, — " On this spot a well was first made,...by Henry Wallis, mayor of London, in the year 1282. This well was for a long time forgotten after the Are of 1666, but being again revived, is a great... | |
 | Henry Thomas (antiquarian.) - 1830 - 504 pages
...chambers and offices. Opposite the avenue is (in front of the Exchange) a very handsome pump with this inscription,—" On this spot a well was first made,...by Henry Wallis, mayor of London, in the year 1282. This well was for a long time forgotten after the fire of 1666, but being again revived, is a great... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 pages
...stocks, set upon it ; these were removed in 1546, the well revived, and made a pump ; since renewed, with the following inscription : " On this spot a well was first made, and a House of Correction bnilt by Henry Wallis, Mayor of London in 1285. The well was discovered, much enlarged, and this pump... | |
 | Frederick Perigal - 1860 - 104 pages
...together with the bankers and traders of the Ward of Cornhill." On the reverse these words appear : " On this spot a well was first made, and a house of correction built, by Henry Wallis, Mayor of London, in 1282." (251.) IT would be a great public service if the legislature... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 902 pages
...stocks, set upon it; these were removed in 1546, the well revived, and made a pump ; since renewed, with the following inscription : " On this spot a...well was first made, and a House of Correction built by Henry Wallis, Mayor of London in 1285. The well was discovered, much enlarged, and this pump * Dimensions,... | |
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On this spot a well was first made and a house of correction built thereon, by Henry Wallis, mayor of London in the year 1282. 
